That may have been location dependent. In the my school in the 90s it was optional. I didn’t take it because I didn’t want more recruiters calling me, so I’ll always be curious at how I’d have done.
In my school in the 80’s it was optional. I took mainly as SAT practice, then got an endless stream of recruiters calling me. I was the only one I knew (my group was all college track) who took it, got a 99 and did not find it useful to improve my SAT
I took the ASVAB way back in the 90’s. IIRC it was mandatory then too.
I taught in a district where it was mandatory to take the ASVAB. My principal said fine… “All tenth graders take the ASVAB”.
Recruiters can only access students if in grade 11 and 12. (? Probably it’s about the age for enlisting)
Best administrator I ever had.
It was optional for us in the 90s. I took it to get out of class and what a terrible idea that was. I had recruiters hounding me for months.
That may have been location dependent. In the my school in the 90s it was optional. I didn’t take it because I didn’t want more recruiters calling me, so I’ll always be curious at how I’d have done.
In my school in the 80’s it was optional. I took mainly as SAT practice, then got an endless stream of recruiters calling me. I was the only one I knew (my group was all college track) who took it, got a 99 and did not find it useful to improve my SAT
In my school early 00s, it was optional. I took it purely to get out of class for a bit
I did aight. High eighties.